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Stockton Police Department Strategic Plan 2020-2022 To work in partnership with our community, to build and maintain relationships founded on trust and mutual respect, while reducing crime and improving the quality of life.
By the Numbers 316,410 770,385 CITY COUNTY POPULATION POPULATION 485 227 AUTHORIZED CIVILIAN SUPPORT SWORN EMPLOYEES 733,032 423,390 CALLS CALLS FOR RECEIVED SERVICE $230 M $135.6 M CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET BUDGET
Stockton Police Department 3 Message From the Chief The Stockton Police We will not rest on our Department (SPD) has a rich successes, and we know we history of being committed to still have much more work to the success and safety of the do to reduce crime and blight City of Stockton. I am proud and improve community trust. of our staff’s tireless work in We recognize there is always reducing crime and building the opportunity for continual community trust. I am also improvement. Therefore, proud of our community’s the SPD has developed this help and the development 2020-2022 Strategic Plan to of outstanding partnerships guide an already outstanding toward these very same police department further as goals. it continues on the leading Chief Eric Jones SPD has had many edge. I wish to thank the successes in recent years, SPD Community Advisory such as an evolution of Board for their input into this data-driven strategies and Strategic Plan, as well as the dedication to evidence-based community for their continued practices. SPD is also leading relationships with SPD. I trust-building efforts with also wish to thank the SPD the community we serve staff directly involved in the under what is now widely development of this Strategic recognized statewide and Plan, and all of the men nationwide as Principled and women of the Stockton Policing. Stockton has led the Police Department for their way by being the single most continued dedication to honor successful police department and professionalism. in the assessment results under the National Initiative Chief Eric Jones for Building Community Trust and Justice.
4 Strategic Plan 2020-2022 Introduction A strategic plan is the roadmap to move from stakeholders in partnership with Westgate Center where we are today to where we want to be in at the University of the Pacific and an internal the future. It addresses the benchmarks, goals development committee representing each area and objectives of an organization while providing of the Department: actionable guidelines for achievement. To be 1. Reduce crime and blight; successful, the strategic plan must be flexible to 2. Increase trust between the community adjust to the unexpected, promote innovation, and police; progress, and development, and fluidly transition from one strategic planning cycle to the next. 3. Recruit and hire a qualified diverse It recognizes an organization’s strengths and workforce; and weaknesses, and builds a foundation and 4. Employ staff that are highly trained, structure supporting the action needed to reach knowledgeable and prepared. its goals. This document sets forth the policing strategy for the Stockton Police Department Through a series of feedback and review (SPD). It acknowledges the past, addresses our sessions, internal ideas and input gathered current challenges, and looks to our future. from all levels of the organization validated the Since 2013, the SPD has focused its efforts objectives through which progress would be on purposefully rebuilding the department achieved. During the three-year period, the SPD through the use of three-year strategic plans Management Team reviewed progress made which include stated goals and objectives and towards the four stated goals each quarter. outline the guiding principles used in decision In addition, one specific goal’s progress was making across the organization. Early on, the highlighted each month at a cross-departmental decisions made were related to increasing staff meeting. and deploying them where the community most The results of the 2016-2019 plan are positive, needed support – reducing gun and gang-related with progress achieved in each of the four goals. crime. Since 2013, the SPD has increased its staff Additional details regarding specific progress on from a low of 323 to an average of 470. These each goal will be discussed in the following pages. staffing gains, combined with our community During the plan, managers were challenged to partnerships, the institutionalization of Operation align annual budget requests with the goals and Ceasefire, and the department’s focused strategy demonstrate how they could make progress of Principled Policing, helped Stockton realize towards each stated objective. Resources – both significant and steady annual decreases in its financial and personnel - remain a significant overall crime rate, reaching a 15-year low in challenge to realizing measurable progress as 2017. Even with the reductions achieved, the the City of Stockton remains committed to its very nature of violent crime makes it a significant Long-Range Financial Plan for general fund and persistent challenge to address. Since 2015, spending. Other sources of funding remain highly Stockton has maintained its reduction in overall competitive and difficult to secure for capital crime and targets upticks in specific areas as they expenditures necessary for the adequate training occur. and equipping of our officers. In preparing the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan, This document marks the third three-year plan the SPD took a different approach which developed by members of the SPD to embrace included refining its mission statement to the mission statement through the guiding acknowledge community trust-building as a key philosophy of Principled Policing and achieve the component of success. Four primary goals were identified goals and objectives. developed based upon input gathered from key
Stockton Police Department 5 Mission, Values and Strategic Goals To work in partnership with our community, to build and Mission maintain relationships founded on trust and mutual respect, Statement while reducing crime and improving the quality of life. Our core values provide a funda- Our values, as reflected in our Our Core mental guideline for our purpose- Mission Statement, are the filter ful actions as a department. They through which we view all of our Values define us, say who we are and what decisions and actions. we as an organization stand for. The Also, it is important as a Depart- Core Values for the Stockton Police ment that we hold ourselves to the Department include: highest standards when it comes to: • Integrity • Accountability • Professionalism • Communication • Sensitivity • Community Outreach • Cooperation • Evaluation • Innovation • Problem-solving • Training • Transparency • Relationship-based Policing Through the Strategic Plan, the Stockton Police Department continually evaluates progress and identifies ways in which it can improve. The Department constantly trains to be efficient yet empathetic in our processes and interactions. Our staff commits to engaging in robust dialogue and communication with the community through courageous conversations to maintain an environment supportive of problem-solving through relationship-based collaboration. The Stockton Police Department will focus on four goals during the Goals for 2020-2022 Strategic Plan: 2020-2022 1. Reduce crime and blight; 2. Increase trust between the community and police; 3. Recruit and hire a qualified, diverse workforce; and 4. Employ staff that are highly trained, knowledgeable and prepared. These four goals are the same as the prior plan as they remain representative of the core work the Stockton Police Department needs to do. What is changing, based upon stakeholder evaluation and input including the Chief’s Community Advisory Board, are the specific objectives under each goal to demonstrate how the Department can realize the best results for its efforts.
6 Strategic Plan 2020-2022 Strategic Goal 1 Council Goals Addressed This goal is in line with the City Council Strategic Work REDUCE CRIME AND BLIGHT Plan Priority Goal No. 1.2, focusing on crime reduction, The Department has developed three primary objectives: including group gun violence, blight reduction, and outreach (1) reduce crime, (2) reduce traffic collisions, and (3) reduce for focus areas as well as Goal 1.1, developing solutions blight. Our overarching framework to succeed in these to address homelessness. The City Council’s Strategic areas remains the “Four P’s” - Partnership, Prediction, Work Plan can be reviewed at: www.stocktongov.com/ Prevention, and Pursuit. government/council/goals.html Progress Made During 2017-2019 OBJECTIVE 1: Reduce Crime Stockton’s serious crime rate has been decreasing The Department will focus and manage its crime since 2013, including a 3.3% decline from 2016 to 2017. In reduction efforts through our monthly location-based ICAP 2018, the number of homicides and non-fatal shootings meetings; coupled with our Operation Ceasefire individual- decreased by 40% and 31%, respectively. During the based group violence intervention strategy. Both ICAP and previous Strategic Plan, the Stockton Police Department Operation Ceasefire are premised upon our commitment to successfully hosted at least two Ceasefire call-ins a year, data-driven, intelligence-led, and evidence-based policing increased Neighborhood Watch groups more than 10% strategies. The Department is developing an additional tool overall, completed two Neighborhood Betterment Team which focuses on intelligence-led ballistics analysis and areas per year, and hosted community engagement investigation through a collaboration between evidence, events in each Intelligence, Communication, and Planning crime analysis, detectives and prosecution. (ICAP) Focus area on a monthly basis. Through a grant offered by the State Office of Traffic Safety, two additional Operation Ceasefire motorcycles were purchased, increasing the number of Operation Ceasefire is a promising evidence- and assigned traffic officers in 2018 to 14. partnership-based violence prevention strategy. In partnership with the City of Stockton’s Office of Violence Prevention and community leaders, Operation Ceasefire reaches out to groups and individuals identified as being most at risk for involvement in firearm-related violence to provide education on the impact of violence to those involved, their families and the community. Resources are offered to assist individuals in making positive life changes that lower their risk of gang/group violence. Additionally, the Department partners with other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to conduct targeted enforcement and prosecution of those who ignore the message and continue their violent behaviors. Operation Ceasefire is continually evaluated and refined to increase effectiveness. Intelligence, Communication, and Planning (ICAP) Key Department personnel meet during monthly ICAP meetings to share and analyze intelligence gleaned from
Stockton Police Department 7 investigations, staff expertise, community contacts, and our forecasting model - Project ForeBoDe (Forecast Based Deployment). Plans are developed and managed specific to those neighborhoods identified as having the highest risk for crime. Resources are focused into these areas to prevent crime and interrupt violence through presence, community engagement and focused enforcement. Results are analyzed for effectiveness and used to inform future strategy development in monthly ICAP meetings. Enhanced Ballistics Analysis and Investigation The Department is in the planning stage of enhancing its use of ballistics analysis and improving its collaboration between evidence, crime analysis, detectives, and OBJECTIVE 3: Reduce Blight prosecution. This collaboration focuses on the immediate The Department’s Neighborhood Services Section collection, management, and analysis of crime gun (NSS) will use multiple tools to reduce blight and nuisance evidence to identify shooters, disrupt criminal activity, properties. Through programs, such as the Neighborhood and to prevent future violence. This effort will operate Betterment Team (NBT), and by using collaborative cross- alongside Operation Ceasefire and ICAP, and will expand departmental strategies such as Stockton’s Top Offending communications and collaborations with allied agencies at Properties (STOP), the Department will continue to be the local, state and federal level. proactive with neighborhood clean sweeps and graffiti, blight, garbage, junk and debris abatement. NBT is now OBJECTIVE 2: Reduce Collisions able to focus on six specific areas and works to build long- Evidence shows traffic violations, accidents, and term community capacity to combat blight and crime. NSS crime are reduced in areas where high-visibility traffic administers the Residential Rental Program, which seeks enforcement is conducted. Special enforcement areas will to inspect and audit rental properties to ensure these be determined using accident data layered over ForeBoDe locations meet minimum code standards for occupancy. areas presented in ICAP. The Department will continue The Department’s Strategic Community Officers (SCO) to apply for grant funding to augment these special are placed in areas historically challenged with higher enforcement activities with the intent of reducing collisions levels of crime and blight. The SCO’s establish relationships and improving driver safety. within the community by attending watch group meetings, The Traffic Section will continue to educate the public visiting with residents and patrolling the areas daily. They regarding traffic safety during enforcement stops, through work with community members on neighborhood concerns presentations at community meetings and schools, and such as crime, illegal dumping and various blight issues. through participation in National Bicycle Safety Month. The Department responds to community concerns Traffic’s involvement with collaborative courts (DUI Court) regarding the often unsanitary and dangerous conditions and the California Highway Patrol’s “Every 15 Minutes” associated with homeless encampments. We work program, which focuses on educating high school students collaboratively with other City departments, partner of the consequences of drinking and driving, will also bolter with governmental agencies and community partners to their education efforts. mitigate these health and safety concerns. Additionally, the Strategic Operations Section partners with community-
8 Strategic Plan 2020-2022 based organizations and governmental outreach workers areas affected by homicides. Community participation to connect members of the homeless population with in National Night Out – the first Tuesday of August – various needed resources and services. continues to increase each year with SPD staff attending over 100 different sites. BWC have been an integral part Strategic Goal 2 of the trust building efforts. The Department upgraded its BWC platform twice and expanded the use of BWC to all INCREASE TRUST BETWEEN THE officers with an enforcement capacity in the field. Quarterly COMMUNITY AND POLICE audits have shown compliance with the BWC use policy has To improve trust and relationships between the been at nearly 100% in 2019. community and the police, it is important that the Department build and enhance our partnerships Council Goals Addressed throughout the community and increase legitimacy using This goal is in line with the City Council Strategic Work Procedural Justice. Increasing trust with the community Plan Priority Goal No. 1.2 focusing on crime reduction, benefits every facet of the SPD. This goal will result in a including group gun violence, and blight reduction, as community more actively engaged in the Department’s well as the Council’s guiding principle of operating in a programs and outreach, improved two-way communication transparent and open manner to earn and keep the trust of between the community and the SPD, increase officer our community. safety, and a Department that fully supports and applies Procedural Justice. The Department will continue training OBJECTIVE 1: Build on the Department’s and equipping our officers with Body Worn Cameras (BWC) Application of Procedural Justice, Implicit Bias as it adds a layer of accountability in field activity. Training and Trust Building Principled Policing has been integrated throughout Progress Made During 2017-2019 the Department with its tenets included in departmental During the previous Strategic Plan, the Stockton policies, employee evaluations, and special assignment Police Department trained all its officers in the tenets of requests. Stockton Police Department personnel have Procedural Justice, and in recognizing and reducing Implicit received intensive training in three areas: Bias. The Neighborhood Impact Team responded to all • Procedural Justice1: Procedural Justice focuses on how the characteristics of police interactions with the public shape the public’s views of the police, improves community-police relations and trust. • Procedural Justice 2: Implicit Bias focuses on how largely subconscious psychological processes can shape authorities’ actions and lead to racially disparate outcomes, even where actual prejudice is not present. • Procedural Justice 3: Trust Building focuses on reconciliation or facilitating honest conversations between communities and police that address historical tensions, grievances, and misconceptions with the ultimate goal of resetting relationships.
Stockton Police Department 9 The Stockton Police Department will continue Principled Policing training for all members of the Department with three stages of classes. The reconciliation work is conducted primarily through Trust Building Workshops where members of the community and members of the Department will convene to promote healing through courageous conversations and dialogue. OBJECTIVE 2: Information Sharing Public Information Officer The Department’s Public Information Officer (PIO) is responsible for providing information to the public, answering questions from the media, disseminating press releases, and ensuring the Department’s media presence events are a great opportunity to strengthen relationships is timely, accurate, and relevant. The PIO maintains a social with members of the community. Officers frequently media presence, conducts interviews, provides face-to- find themselves problem solving, enriching the lives of face contact, and facilitates two-way dialogue with the children and building relationships where they might not community. With the assistance of the PIO, the Stockton have existed before. These relationships help to ensure Police Department will produce and release information in satisfaction and resolution to future problems. a comprehensive, but easy to understand way to the public and media. Neighborhood Impact Team (NIT) The Neighborhood Impact Team works in partnership Release of Information with the Stockton Police Chaplaincy. This team, consisting The Department will continue using a variety of relevant of the PIO, volunteers and other members of the social media platforms and other outreach tools to Department, goes into the community after a traumatic remain proactive in the dissemination of information. In event, such as a homicide or an officer-involved shooting. accordance with the California Public Records Act, Senate The team talks to affected community members about Bill 1421, and Assembly Bill 748, the Department will the incident, offering information and support as well as continue to be accountable and transparent by providing referrals to the many resources available to them. This upon request the appropriate records. This may include program has been well received and helps build trust BWC footage related to use of force resulting in great through disseminating accurate information as well as bodily injury or death, officer-involved shootings, and other gaining input from the community. critical incidents as provided by law. Chief’s Community Advisory Board OBJECTIVE 3: Community Engagement and The Chief’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) is Public Outreach comprised of a cross-section of Stockton’s civic, The Strategic Operations Section and the PIO organize business and religious leaders. The CAB encourages and attend many community-engagement events two-way communication between the Department throughout Stockton. Events in the ICAP focus area and and the community. The CAB meets with the Chief and in the Neighborhood Betterment Team areas occur on departmental managers on a regular basis to share a regular basis. Officers assigned to various units also concerns on crime and police relations and to receive attend community and school events upon request. These information on current Department initiatives.
10 Strategic Plan 2020-2022 Strategic Goal 3 all areas and positions. In 2018, SPD maintained a vacancy rate between 3-5%, which is in line with the long-range RECRUIT AND HIRE A QUALIFIED DIVERSE financial plan goals. WORKFORCE Stockton is home to over 316,000 people. The Council Goals Addressed Department is committed to maintaining its standards This goal is in line with the City Council Strategic Work for hiring and we value all forms of diversity, including Plan Priority Goal No. 2.3 focusing on developing an but not limited to ethnicity, gender, culture, education, employment pipeline for Stockton residents to Stockton and experience. It is important to build a Department employers. that is representative of the community we serve. With a reinvigorated focus in 2017, the Department changed its OBJECTIVE 1: Recruit and Hire Local Residents recruiting approach to be more transparent, robust, and for all Positions focused on attracting a highly qualified, diverse workforce Strategic recruitment should be focused, purposeful to better reflect the makeup of our community. Many law and attract quality candidates representative of the enforcement agencies are actively hiring, and competition community who meet the Department’s qualifications. is high, so attracting quality candidates continues to be an There are several short-term strategies utilized by the immense challenge. Department to attract a robust applicant pool, including a recruiting team and expanded volunteer opportunities. In Progress Made During 2017-2019 addition, it is critical that the Department also recognizes During this period, SPD achieved its highest ever level of that every employee, in every assignment, plays a role in sworn staffing at 473 and maintained an average turnover recruiting the Department’s next generation. All employees rate of 10%. In 2017, the number of officers leaving for should incorporate recruiting into daily interactions other agencies decreased from prior years, indicating the and presentations such as routine calls for service, retention efforts in place are having a positive impact. Neighborhood Watch and Business Watch groups, active Improvements in aligning the Department’s employee shooter demonstrations/training, and business safety diversity to that of Stockton were made incrementally in awareness. Our ideal applicant is someone who wants to make a difference in our community. Recruiting Team The Department created a diverse recruiting team consisting of a cross-section of the organization, selected and trained to engage candidates, establish rapport and form a relationship to help guide candidates throughout the application, testing, and background process. This team was recently expanded to include professional and technical staff and incorporate similar recruitment strategies for all staff vacancies within the Department. The Recruiting Team attends local and regional job fair events and uses diverse strategies of marketing and advertising such as online ads, billboards, magazine, radio, and videos to entice additional applications. Online interest cards are solicited, and prospective applicants are
Stockton Police Department 11 connected to a recruiter to explain the process, provide information, and inspire continued interest. Orientation sessions are held for interested persons to better prepare them for the rigorous hiring process. OBJECTIVE 2: Volunteer Pipeline to Employment Public Safety Academy Designed as a criminal justice career pipeline for Stockton’s youth, the Public Safety Academy (PSA) is a partnership with Stockton Unified School District, SPD, San Joaquin Delta College Police Department and California Highway Patrol. As PSA students have already demonstrated an interest in law enforcement, they are encouraged to join the Stockton Police Department’s Cadet Program once they reach the eligible age of 14. OBJECTIVE 3: Diversity in Staffing A significant way to gain trust and improve relationships Cadet Program and legitimacy within the community is for our employee The Stockton Police Department’s volunteer Cadet diversity to reflect that of the Stockton community. program provides opportunities for those aged 14-17 Trust and legitimacy built between the citizens of to participate in Police Department events and activities Stockton and the Police Department through the use of and explore their interest in a law enforcement career. Principled Policing should increase our ability to attract They learn about law enforcement duties and work with and recruit a diversified workforce from our local region. sworn and professional and technical staff at a variety of The Department will continue to make the recruiting community events. Once Cadets reach the age of 18, they of underrepresented communities a priority so that are encouraged to continue their journey toward becoming the composition of the Department mirrors that of the a police officer by becoming a member of the Department’s community. Sentinel Program. Strategic Goal 4 Sentinel Program The Sentinel Program is the next step in the pipeline EMPLOY STAFF THAT ARE HIGHLY TRAINED, for volunteers to become police officers and professional KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PREPARED or technical staff. It allows for volunteers between the The Stockton Police Department has hired 542 officers ages of 18 and 40 to contribute to the Department and since 2012. This level of hiring, coupled with high attrition, community by participating in such duties as assisting with results in an average tenure of three years for patrol traffic control, searching for missing persons, conducting officers. The Department continues to allocate significant special checks, recovering unoccupied stolen vehicles, and focus and resources on training and staff development. working special events. The Sentinel Program encourages All employees need to be committed to continually those interested in a career with a law enforcement maintaining high standards of work not only in their agency to stay engaged with the Department while specific duties, but in every aspect of the organization’s serving the community, and to begin the hiring process as operations. opportunities become available.
12 Strategic Plan 2020-2022 Progress Made During 2017-2019 evaluate their training abilities and successes. Utilizing During the last Strategic Plan, efforts to certify in-house Department employees who are subject matter experts staff to become trainers, partnering with other agencies, to train others can mitigate costs and provide fiscal and the use of internal subject matter experts were responsibility and efficiency. successful, thereby reducing the cost of training by being a host agency. Efforts to identify funding for training facility OBJECTIVE 2: Succession and Career Planning improvements continue to remain a high priority. It is crucial that the Department develop a plan for succession and career planning to support future leaders Council Goals Addressed at all levels of the department. As we look to develop This goal is also in line with the City Council Strategic internal management and supervision courses for staff Work Plan Priority Goal No. 2.3 by focusing on developing development, we are identifying and implementing training an employment pipeline for Stockton residents to Stockton for coaching and mentorship as well as current procedural employers, but expands to support the Council’s guiding training. principle to support the professional development of our employees with a focus on continuous improvement. OBJECTIVE 3: Training Facility The Department has grown to the point where it has OBJECTIVE 1: Comprehensive Training Plan become necessary to obtain a dedicated training facility. It is crucial to ensure the Department has identified all It remains a significant need and staff will continue to mandated and preferred training for sworn, professional evaluate what it will take to procure, furnish, and maintain and technical staff. The management and supervision such a facility so that the project will be “shovel ready” teams will meet to ensure the Department has correctly when funding is identified. prioritized Department training. The development of a professional training staff is key to providing cost-effective and timely ongoing Department training. The Department will identify and assign new trainers as needed while implementing a workflow to
Stockton Police Department 13 Implementation and Evaluation of the Strategic Goals It is critical that the department implements the four strategic goals of: • Reducing crime and blight • Increasing trust between the community and police • Recruiting and hiring a qualified, diverse workforce • Employing staff that are highly trained, knowledgeable and prepared To ensure the success and implementation of these goals, each member of the Stockton Police Department will be held accountable. Beyond the continuous monitoring and updating, progress will be tracked and measured and annual reviews and updates will be implemented. Accountability The department’s leadership is committed to the successful implementation of this strategic plan. The Chief of Police, Deputy Chiefs and Captains take personal responsibility for the strategic plan objectives. They will work together as a team to assign strategy leaders and balance resources as the department moves forward with the plan. Tracking and Measurement Strategic plan progress is continually tracked, measured, and reviewed during monthly ICAP strategy meetings. In addition to the monthly ICAP meetings, progress reports highlighting key accomplishments and progress are reviewed during quarterly management team meetings and are distributed department-wide for the benefit of all employees. Annual Review and Update The strategic plan is reviewed and updated as needed on an annual basis, in conjunction with the City’s annual budget preparation cycle. The department’s overall objectives and strategies are assessed and reprioritized if necessary, based on operating expenses, service indicators, crime statistics, or special initiatives. This process allows for plan flexibility given ever changing realities, ensuring the strategic plan remains a viable and legitimate tool that supports annual operating budget development, capital improvement project (CIP) development, and equipment and personnel planning. The report is available for download from the City’s website at ww1.stocktonca.gov/Departments/Police.
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